Cleanup: defer imports on startup

scripts/startup/bl_operators/connect_to_output.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import bpy
 from bpy.types import Operator
 from bpy.props import BoolProperty
-from bpy_extras.node_utils import find_base_socket_type, connect_sockets
 from bpy.app.translations import pgettext_data as data_
 
 from .node_editor.node_functions import (
@@ -206,6 +205,8 @@ class NODE_OT_connect_to_output(Operator, NodeEditorBase):
 
     def create_links(self, path, node, active_node_socket_id, socket_type):
         """Create links at each step in the node group path."""
+        from bpy_extras.node_utils import connect_sockets
+
         path = list(reversed(path))
         # Starting from the level of the active node.
         for path_index, path_element in enumerate(path[:-1]):
@@ -240,6 +241,11 @@ class NODE_OT_connect_to_output(Operator, NodeEditorBase):
                 self.remove_socket(tree, socket)
 
     def invoke(self, context, event):
+        from bpy_extras.node_utils import (
+            find_base_socket_type,
+            connect_sockets,
+        )
+
         space = context.space_data
         # Ignore operator when running in wrong context.
         if self.run_in_geometry_nodes != (space.tree_type == 'GeometryNodeTree'):

scripts/startup/bl_operators/image_as_planes.py

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ from bpy_extras.object_utils import (
     world_to_camera_view,
 )
 
-from bpy_extras.image_utils import load_image
 from bpy_extras.io_utils import ImportHelper
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -131,6 +130,7 @@ def load_images(filenames, directory, force_reload=False, frame_start=1, find_se
     """
     import os
     from itertools import repeat
+    from bpy_extras.image_utils import load_image
 
     if find_sequences:  # If finding sequences, we need some pre-processing first.
         file_iter = find_image_sequences(filenames)